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UNICEF and H&M Foundation launch a new interactive online tool to help fathers learn ‘baby talk’

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Two-year-old Abner laughs while being carried by his father, James Choc, in San Felipe Village in Belize, August 2016.

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Crucial partners: Germany and World Food Programme feed Syrian families

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week welcomes a generous contribution of US$218 million (€185 million) from Germany to continue providing a lifeline of support for Syrians affected by the ongoing conflict.

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Consequences of severe global funding shortages for refugees and migrants ‘all too real’, warns UNHCR

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An aerial view of Zaíatri refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan, host to tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict. 7 December 2012.

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Erratic weather and prolonged conflict take toll on Syria’s agricultural output

Seeds for farmers, sustained humanitarian assistance needed to consolidate food security gains.

Extreme weather conditions during Syria's seventh year of conflict has caused domestic cereal production to decline sharply, two UN agencies announced on October 09, 2018.

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Russia supports WFP development and resilience efforts in Kyrgyzstan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$8 million from the Russian Federation to improve the food security and nutrition situation of 100,000 vulnerable smallholder farmers across the Kyrgyz Republic.

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With boundaries blurring between crime and terror, international cooperation’s vital, UN highlights

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Ammunition for small arms and other unexploded ordnance, stored at a secure location in Mali, prior to their safe disposal.

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River convoy reaches isolated areas in Ulang, South Sudan, saving millions of dollars on costly airdrops

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has, for the first time since civil war broke out in South Sudan at the end of 2013, managed to send boats carrying humanitarian food assistance up the Sobat river, a major tributary of the White Nile.

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UK announces broad support for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh welcomes a new contribution of US $22.25 million from the United Kingdom to support the Rohingya refugee response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

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In Chad, top UN officials say humanitarian response must go ‘hand in hand’ with longer-term recovery

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Women at a hospital in N'Djamena, Chad, care for their malnourished children.

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to UN Goodwill Ambassador and Congolese doctor, highlighting sexual violence

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2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nadia Murad, is the UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. In this photo from 2017, she is participating in a panel discussion at UN Headquarters in New York.